Weather Records on 8 February 1939

315 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1939. Highest significance: Pahala 21, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 1939

On 8 February 1939, 315 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 295 daily.
Pahala 21 set a daily record precipitation of 175.3 mm (6.9 in) on 8 February 1939.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

315 stations

315 station records on 8 February 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haiku 490	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

315 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 February 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 February 1939 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 295.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

260 broken records

Margins by which the 260 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1939

Top 20 records on 8 February 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1939	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Haiku 490, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Prescott, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Globe Rs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Escalante, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Prescott, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1939	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1939	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1939	Galway, IE	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1939	Duchesne, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1939	Roodepoort (Mun), ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1939	Jerome, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1939	Barkerville, CA	daily low max	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1939	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1939	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1798 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1939. 1939 had 315 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	245
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2